Adjustable coat hanger



p 28, 1954 J. w. DONAHUE 2,690,282

ADJUSTABLE COAT HANGER Filed 7', 1952 ames W. Donahue INVENTOR.

Patented Sept. 28, 1954 UNITED STATES @TENT QFFICE 4 Claims.

This invention relates in general to clothes hangers, and more specifically to an adjustablev coat hanger for supporting. both a coat and trousers.

The primary object of this invention is to provide an improved clothes hanger in which the weight of the coat mounted thereon will have a tendency to urge the trousers portion thereof in clamping relation with respect to a pair of trousers sup-ported thereby.

Another object of this invention is to provide an improved clothes han er which has a hook part selectively adjustable with respect to the remainder thereof whereby it may be set at a desired angle for supporting clothing in a closet or other places of storage in the desired position.

Another object of this invention is to provide an improved clothes hanger which is of a relatively simple construction and which has a coat supporting portion, said coat supporting portion being of a relatively wide width whereby a coat is properly supported thereon. I

A further object of this invention is to provide an improved clothes hanger which has both an adjustable trousers portion and an adjustable coat portion whereby the same may conveniently clamp a pair of trousers and at the same time be adjusted to properly fit a coat supported there- With these objects definitely in View, this invention resides in certain novel features of construction, combinationand arrangement of elements and portions as will be hereinafter described in detail in the specification, particularly pointed out in the appended claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings which form a material part of this application and in which:

Figure 1 is a top plan View of the clothes hanger, which is the subject of this invention, and shows the general details thereof;

Figure 2 is a side elevational view of the clothes hanger of Figure 1 and shows the relationship of the trousers portion to the coat portion;

Figure 3 is an enlarged side elevational view of a connecting member for connecting the hook of the clothes hanger to the remainder thereof; and

Figure 4 is an enlarged fragmentary perspective View showing the manner in which the trousers clamping portion is moved into clamping relation by the coat supporting portion.

Similar characters of reference designate similar or identical elements and portions throughout the specification and throughout the different views of the drawings.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, it will be seen that the clothes hanger, which is the subject of this invention, includes a coat portion, which is referred to in general by the reference numeral ill, and a trousers portion, which is referred to in general by the reference numeral [2.

The trousers portion l2 includes a pair of spaced parallel bars it which are connected to the lower bifurcated ends of clamp arms l6. As is best illustrated in Figure 44, the clamp arms I6 converge upwardly and are integral with each other. When the clamp arms 16 are moved toward each other, the bars it are also moved toward each other and adapted to clamp therebetween legs of trousers (not shown).

The upper ends of the clamp arms 56 are passed through an eye it? in the lower end of a supporting shank 26. The upper end of the supporting shank Ed has connected thereto a connecting element 22 to which is also connected an upwardly projecting hook M.

It is the intention of this invention that the hook 2 3 be pivotal with respect to the shank 20 whereby the hook 26: may be aligned as desired with respect to the remainder of the clothes hanger. As is best illustrated in Figure 3, the connecting member 22 has a vertical bore 26 and a pair of transverse bores 28, the bores 25 and 28 intersecting in the center of the connecting member 22. It will be understood that the upper end of the shank it is firmly disposed in the longitudinal bore 26 and is firmly connected to the connecting member 22. The hook 24 has a shank portion 38 which is adapted to be disposed in the upper end of the longitudinal bore 26. The shank portion til is provided with a transverse bore in which is adapted to be disposed a pin 32 to prevent the upward movement thereof. It will be understood that the pin 32 is passed through one of the transverse bores 28 to position the hook "2 3 in the direction desired.

The coat portion ill includes a pair of downwardly and outwardly diverging arms 34 which are generally U-shaped in plan view, as is best illustrated in Figure 1, and converge at their inner ends. The inner ends of the arms 34 are connected together by a plate 36. The plate 36 has a centrally located bore 38 therethrough in which is received the shank 2b. The arms 34 are braced by a pair of inwardly and slightly downwardly extending braces to which are connected to the arms 34 intermediate their ends. The braces ii] are also connected to a centrally located plate 42. The centrally located plate 42 is provided with an enlarged central opening 44 in which are received the clamp arms it of the trousers portion l2.

It will be understood that the plate 36 is vertically slidable upon the shank 2E! and the plate 42 is vertically slidable upon the clamp arm it. When it is desired to clamp a pair of trousers (not shown) between the bars Hi, the cuffs of the trousers are placed between the bars and the coat portion to moved downwardly. The downward movement of the coat portion it results in the downward movement of the plates 35 and 42. As is best illustrated in Figure 4, when the plate i2 is moved downwardly, the clamp arms it? are moved together with the result that the bars Mi are also moved together. The inward movement of the bars M results in the clamping engagement of the cuffs of the trousers disposed therebetween. Inasmuch as a coat (not shown) is supported by the coat portion ill, the weight thereof has a tendency to move the coat portion Ill down along the shank 2B and the clamp arms l5, whereby pressureis continuously exerted upon the trousers supported by the trousers portion l2.

Inasmuch as the coat portion H3 is intended for use with coats of different sizes, it is found advisable that the arms 34' be provided with extensions, which are referred to by the reference numeral 46*. The extensions 46 are also generally U-shaped inplan view and have inwardly converging ends. The ends of the U-shaped extensions it are provided with eyelets 43 which receive the individual portions of the arms 34 for slidingmovement. The outer portions of the arms 34- are also provided with looped portions 59 in which are slidably received the legs of the extensions 46 whereby the same are guided. Due to the convergence of the arms 34-, the legs of the extensions 46 are sprung as the same are movedinwardly whereby they remain in adjusted positions with respect to the arms 34.

The operation of this device will be understood from the foregoing description of the details thereof, taken in connection with the above recited objects and drawings. Further description would appear to be unnecessary.

Minor modifications of the device, varying in minor details from the embodiment of the device illustrated and described here may be resorted towithout departure from the spirit and scope of this invention, as defined in the appended claims.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as-new is:

1'. An adjustable clothes hanger comprising a hook portion, a clamping trouser portion pivotally carried by said hook portion and depending therefrom, and a coat portion, said coat portion having vertically spaced central parts slidably engaging said hook portion and said trouser portion, said trouser portion including downwardly diverging legs engaged by one of said central parts, said coat portion being movable downwardly to lock said trouser portion in a clamping position.

2. An adjustable clothes hanger comprising a hook portion, a clamping trouser portion pivotally carried by said hook portion and depending therefrom, and a coat portion, said coat portion having vertically spaced central parts slidably engaging said hook portion and said trouser portion, said trouser portion including downwardly diverging legs engaged by one of said central parts, said coat portion being movable downwardly to lock said trouser portion in a clamping position, said hook portion being of multi-element construction and: having at selectively positionable upper hook part.

3. An adjustable clothes hanger comprising a hook portion, a clamping trouser portion pivotally carried by said hook portion and depending therefrom, and a coat portion, saidcoat portion having vertically spaced central parts slidably engaging said hook portion and said trouser portion, said trouser portion including downwardly diverging legs engaged by one of said central parts, said coat portion being movable downwardly to lock said trouser portion in a clamping position, said central parts including an upper plate guidingly carried by said hook portion and a lower plate receiving spaced parts of said trouser portion.

4. Anadjustable clothes hanger comprising a hook portion, a clamping trouser portion pivotally carried by said hook portion and depending therefrom, and a coat portion, said coat portion having vertically spaced central parts slidably engaging said hookportion and said trouser portion, saidtrouser portion including downwardly diverging legs engaged by one of said central parts, said coat portion being movable downwardly to-lock said trouser portion in a clamping position, said coat portion being in the form of a frame of outwardly increasing width, and extensions carried by the outer ends of said frame.

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